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A study from Nepal showed a majority of teaching hospital health providers were accidentally exposed to needles. The group additionally had limited knowledge of their HBV vaccination status.

New word we should use for victims. that is so often, over the last couple years, the focus in california. its been on the defendant, not on the victim. this trend has continued. california has tried to clear out their presence, and yet every year they continue to have overcrowded prisons. the focus ought to be on a society that follows the law. not allowing people to in the streets or allow individuals to lay on the street having just shot up with marijuana. >> melissa: heroin. his basics and h...

Blood-to-blood transmission, needle stick, no vaccine for it and no cure for it, so you want to be very careful with it. hepatitis can lead to cirrhosis which is the scarring of the liver, liver failure and more important cancer of the liver which is a deadly position to be in, so having this kind of medication, oral medication thats going to help, its really going to change the way we would practice with liver cancer, et cetera. the number of liver transplants in the future is going to go down....

Contaminated products is number one cause of spreading hepatitis-c. you could have it for years and not know you have it. alisyn: the way the investigation developed, there was a patient, which dont know if it was a man or woman, who developed, tested positive for hepatitis-c and hiv with know known risk factors. then investigators went back and tried to trace his or her steps. >> hepatitis-b? alisyn: hepatitis-c and tested positive for hepatitis-c according to associated press report and virus ...

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